strike sail

Verb

 * 1)  To lower the sails (in preparation for dropping anchor, to salute or signal submission, in sudden gusts of wind, etc.).
 * 2) * 1627,, Sermon 24 in Fifty Sermons, London: M.F. et al., Volume2, 1649, p.202,
 * a ship which hath struck Sail, will yet goe on with the winde it had before, for a while,
 * 1)  To acknowledge one's inferiority (to another person); to abate pretension.
 * a ship which hath struck Sail, will yet goe on with the winde it had before, for a while,
 * 1)  To acknowledge one's inferiority (to another person); to abate pretension.
 * 1)  To acknowledge one's inferiority (to another person); to abate pretension.
 * 1)  To acknowledge one's inferiority (to another person); to abate pretension.
 * 1)  To acknowledge one's inferiority (to another person); to abate pretension.

Translations

 * Finnish: laskea purjeet